Ali Borhan is a research and technology manager at Cummins with solid background and experience in control, machine learning and AI software and digital features development and rapid prototyping. In his current position at Cummins Research and Technology, he is leading new product development projects in the area of connectivity, automation and energy systems. He has recently been the Principal Investigator of 2 publicly announced projects funded by the Department of Energy and Cummins with $8M awarded grant. He leads the next generation control, machine learning and AI digital features roadmap at Cummins to enable resilient and efficient path to decarbonization of the commercial vehicles and freight operation through electrification, V2X connectivity and automation. He has more than 15 years of digital product research and development and technical project leadership experience in industry and academia. He has a Ph.D. in dynamic systems and control engineering from Clemson University, SC, USA in 2011 and an M.B.A. degree from Indiana University, IN, USA in 2014.